Tag Archives: villages

A village in UP gets electricity seven decades after Independence

06 Sunday Dec 2015

Posted by in General

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

,

It is reported in Times of India today that Sheetal Khera, a village only a few miles away from Lucknow, the capital of UP, has got electric connection now. It is 68 years since India got Independence. It is also reported that there are thousands of such villages in UP alone, where electricity has not reached so far. All over India, it may be lakhs of villages.

The NDA and UPA governments have to answer the people of this country why these villages have been neglected in your growth story. The continued governments have completely neglected the villagers. The poor has become poorer and rich richer, due to this discriminating policy. There should be an immediate end to such discrimination.

More than 55,000 Indian villages have no mobile coverage – Minister

25 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by in General, PSU, Telecom

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

,

Even after 20 years of launch of mobile services in the country, around 55,669 villages do not have mobile coverage till now.

“It is estimated that there are 55,669 villages in the country that do not have mobile coverage,” Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

Asked if even after 20 years of launching the mobile services in the country, there are around 56,000 villages where mobile telephone service has not reached so far, the Minister said “Yes”.

Prasad said mobile service to uncovered villages in the country are likely to be provided in a phased manner over a period of five years with funding from universal service obligation fund (USOF).

“Detailed project report consisting of technical framework and cost estimates for Himalayan states (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand) is under preparation,” he said. (Press Report)

Telecom Commission proposes reduction in the number of villages for connectivity.

04 Wednesday Dec 2013

Posted by in BSNL News

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, ,

It is reported that the Telecom Commission proposes a reduction in the number of villages to be provided with Communications services from the original target decided by the Government. The government has earlier proposed connecting 57,000 uncovered villages to the telecom services.
Now the telecom Commission wants to reduce the number of villages to 9,190 villages in the North East as the first priority. The decision seems to be based on the availability of funds as also the huge work connected with it.